Lightly populated, underdeveloped, and mostly authoritarian, the former Soviet republics that straddle the Silk Road’s antique caravan trails—Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan ...

The construction of a railroad line from China to Kyrgyzstan and further to Uzbekistan was ceremoniously initiated. This project will serve as an alternative route to the new Silk Road path that ...

The Silk Road, a network of trade routes connecting ... a region that now includes parts of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan. They were talented artisans and merchants renowned for their ...

People visit an exhibition of paintings and sculptures about the Silk Road in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 18, 2025. The exhibition features more than 60 artworks. (Photo: Xinhua) People visit an ...

But in 2011 UNESCO proposed that, due to the vast scale of the Silk Road, the application should be divided into corridors. A joint proposal from China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan encompassing a ...

In the Joint Statement between the China and Kyrgyz on Deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership for a New Era, ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, February 5 ... It is also engaged in China's Digital Silk Road Initiative, which methodically enhances its high-tech collaboration with China.

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central ... known as the "southern capital" and a pivotal point on the Silk Road; Jalal-Abad, famous for its hot springs; and Karakol, a popular base for ...

BISHKEK, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov laid the foundation for an IT-city project in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan ... hub along the great Silk Road, said Japarov.